All Entries Tagged With: "Wellesley College"
Website Issues Its Rankings of the Nation’s Best Women’s Colleges
The educational research website StartClass.com rates women’s colleges on factors such as affordability, career readiness programs, admissions selectivity, academic ratings, and experts’ opinions. Wellesley College in Massachusetts sits atop the rankings.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
In Memoriam: Diane Mae Stewart Pollard, 1944-2015
After serving on the faculty at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Professor Pollard joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1976. She taught there for more than 30 years.
Wellesley College Boosts Its Support Network for Multicultural Women
Wellesley College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Massachusetts, announced plans to enhance and add to existing multicultural centers on campus and to create a network of multicultural groups.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
In Memoriam: Ernestine Friedl, 1920-2015
Ernestine Friedl was the James B. Duke Professor Emerita of anthropology at Duke University. In 1980 she was appointed dean of Trinity College at Duke, the first woman to hold that position.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Seven Sister Colleges Launch an Online Historical Archive of Women in Higher Education
The archive includes a wide variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries documenting the history of women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Maria Savoia Is the New Leader of the National Resident Matching Program
Maria C. Savoia is the dean of medical education at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She is now board chair of the nonprofit organization that places medical students into medical residency programs nationwide.
Mills College President Announces She Is Stepping Down in June 2016
Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, president of Mills College in Oakland, California, has announced that she will step down in June 2016. She became president of the women’s college on July 1, 2011 after a long career in the legal department of Eli Lilly and Company.
Wellesley College President Has Announced Her Retirement
H. Kim Bottomly became the 13th president of Wellesley College on August 1, 2007. Previously, she was deputy provost at Yale University and professor of immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Wellesley College Professor Wins the 2015 Pura Belpre Author Award
Marjorie Agosin, the Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, was honored for the best book for young readers by a Latino/a author.
Women Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are Letizia Gambrelle-Boone at Virginia State, Evangeline Cummings at the University of Florida, Karen Nelson Moore at Harvard, Audrey Marcus Berkman at Wellesley College, Joanne Woodward at the University of North Texas, Marsha Mailick at the University of Wisconsin, and Hemlata Jhaveri at the University of Texas.
Website Offers Its Choices for the Best Women’s Colleges in the United States
The website College Choice ranked the women’s colleges based on academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the job market. Wellesley College is on top of the rankings.
Wellesley College to Admit Transgender Students
In a letter to the college community, Laura Daignault Gates, chair of the board of trustees and H. Kim Bottomly, president of Wellesley College, wrote that “Wellesley will consider for admission any applicant who lives as a woman and consistently identifies as a woman.”
Kerry Walk Appointed President of Marymount Manhattan College
Dr. Walk is currently serving as interim president of the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She was named provost there in 2011. Dr. Walk will become president of Marymount Manhattan College on July 1.
In Memoriam: Betty Jane Diener, 1940-2015
Dr. Diener was the first woman to serve as dean at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She later served as provost at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and was a professor at the business school at Barry University in Florida.
Scholarships for Graduates of Five Leading Women’s Colleges at Indiana University’s Mauer School of Law
The Mauer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington has established a scholarship and mentoring program for graduates of five of the nation’s leading women’s colleges: Bryn Mawr, Mills, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley.
Lisa Lynch to Lead Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts
Lisa M. Lynch will serve as interim president of the university, beginning on July 1. This past October Dr. Lynch was named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Brandeis University.
Four Women Professors Honored With Prestigious Awards
The four women honored are Jennifer Klein of Yale University in Connecticut, the late Carol Ann Paul of Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Susan Hanson of Clark University in Massachusetts, and Susan J. Carroll of Rutgers University in New Jersey.
In Memoriam: Ada Meloy, 1950-2014
She was general counsel for the American Council on Education. Previously, the Wellesley College graduate had a 28-year career in the Office of Legal Counsel at New York University.
The New Provost at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts
Lisa M. Lynch has been serving as dean and the Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at the university. During the Clinton administration, Dr. Lynch was chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor.
The New Leader of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
Constance Cain Hungerford will become interim president of Swarthmore College on July 14. She is the Mari S. Michener Professor of Art History at the college and served as provost at Swarthmore from 2001 to 2011.
The Youngest Woman to Ever Lead a U.S. Law School
Jocelyn Benson is the new dean of the Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan. Wayne State University’s research finds that at age 36, Benson is the youngest woman to ever lead a U.S. law school.
Wellesley College Adopts Pass/No Pass Grading System for Students’ First Semester on Campus
Students will receive either a Pass or No Pass grade for all their courses. They will also receive notification of the letter grade they would have received under the old system. But these grades will not be included on their official transcript.
University of Cincinnati’s Christy Holland to Lead the Acoustical Society of America
Dr. Holland is a professor in the division of cardiovascular health and diseases at the University of Cincinnati. She is also associate director of research for the Heart, Lung, and Vascular Institute.
American-Trained Scholar Is the New Finance Minister of Romania
Ioana Petrescu was recently sworn in as finance minister for the nation of Romania. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds two graduate degrees from Harvard. Dr. Petrescu was an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.
Vast New Additions to the Digital Archive of Browning Letters
Wellesley College in Massachusetts and Baylor University in Waco, Texas, have greatly expanded their online archive of letters written by English poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.
Leading Women’s Colleges Far Down the List on Lumosity’s Rankings of Colleges With the “Smartest Students”
Wellesley College ranked in 106th place. Smith College held the 122nd position and Mount Holyoke ranked 326th out of the 456 colleges and universities included in the rankings.
Wellesley College Opens a New Human Computer Interaction Laboratory
Wellesley College, the highly ranked liberal arts institution for women in suburban Boston, recently opened its new facility where it hopes science, technology, and art can come together in creative new ways.
Portuguese Is the 15th Foreign Language to Join the Wellesley College Curriculum
Portuguese is the sixth most common language in the world. The other foreign languages taught at Wellesley are Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi-Urdu, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian, Spanish and Swahili.
Wellesley College Professor Retires After 44 Years of Service
Nancy Harrison Kolodny, the Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, joined the chemistry department faculty at the college in 1969.
Where Do Women’s Colleges Stand in the New U.S. News Rankings?
Wellesley College in Massachusetts was the highest-rated, ranking seventh overall in the U.S. News rankings of the best liberal arts colleges. Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and Scripps College in Claremont, California, were also ranked among the top 25 liberal arts colleges.
Are Gender Roles Changing Regarding Who Pays on Dates?
A paper presented by three university scholars at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association finds that traditional gender roles persist in paying for dates but they are slowly changing.
